Charlotte Place, London

[scuda]

I have three different references to Charlotte Place (early 19th century) and would like them all to be the same place, but after hunting on maps I'm not sure. They are: St Pancras, Fitzroy Square and Rathbone Place. Is there a London expert who can tell me whether all these Charlotte Places are the same, please?

scuda

[kiterunner]

Not got an answer, but Fitzroy Square and Rathbone Place are at either end of Charlotte Street on my A - Z and I think it would have been in Pancras district.

[maggie_4_7]

... and Charlotte Place is just to the west of Rathbone Street which is near Fitzroy Square.

If you street google you can see it's proximity to Rathbone and Fitzroy.

[scuda]

So I think you both agree with my thinking that the Rathbone Street and Fitzroy Square Charlotte Streets are the same (sorry, I originally asked about Charlotte Place - my mistake). I think I'll have to assume St Pancras is also right, although I'm not entirely certain on that one - it certainly seems to be in roughly the right area.

Thanks both of you,

scuda

[Nell]

Charlotte Street can be seen on google maps here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=gay+hussar&fb=1&gl=uk&hq=gay+hussar&cid=0,0,15605534630844490348&ei=kDnETJ2nKoyuvgP7_eTYCA&sa=X&oi=local_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQnwIwAQ

It is a continuation of Fitzroy Street, which leads south from Fitzroy Square, and as Charlotte Street it runs into Rathbone Place.

[scuda]

Thanks Nell - does that mean it's in St Pancras? Or, rather, would it have been in St Pancras in 1817?

scuda

[Nell]

I don't think so, I think it would be Westminster, but I can't seem to find an online map that would say. The area around Charlotte Street is Bloomsbury.

Genuki page about Bloomsbury here: http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/Bloomsbury/index.html

[peppie]

It was in St Pancras in 1903 http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/StPancras/outline.htm

It's one of those odd places around here, because it's on the boarder with everywhere it can hop about a bit. So Part of it is in Camden now and Part of it Westminster

[scuda]

Those are useful links, Nell and peppie, thanks. On balance I now think I'm safe in thinking that my three Charlotte Streets are the same place. I'm glad about that as I can now place someone who went missing from Gloucestershire as a cordwainer in London for much of his life, before writing his will as a 'gentleman' when he was 89.

scuda